Causes of the Revolution
The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited colonial settlement west of what geographic barrier?
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
Mercy Otis Warren was the founder of the Daughters of Liberty and she also _______________.
What is wrote plays and articles supporting the Patriot cause?
What English law-making body were the colonists prohibited from having representation in?
What is Parliament?
What are "unalienable rights"?
What are rights that come from the Creator; governments should protect these rights, and they cannot be taken away?
Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" encouraged colonists to_____________?
What is supported the idea of freedom from British control and colonial independence?
How did the colonists respond to taxes enacted by Parliament without their consent?
What is the colonists protested the tax (no taxation without representation!) and boycotted British goods?
John Locke greatly influenced the writing of what famous American historical document?
What is the Declaration of Independence (1776)?
What was the main rallying cry uttered by the colonists during the Revolutionary Era?
What is "No taxation without representation!"?
Which unalienble rights did Thomas Jefferson list in the Declaration of Independence?
What were the rights of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness?
The Boston Tea Party (1773) was an act of __________________.
What is civil disobedience in response to British tax policy ($)?
Why did the British Parliament start taxing the colonists after the French and Indian War?
What is to pay off the British war debt?
Samuel Adams was the leader of what Patriot protest group?
What was the Sons of Liberty?
What was the name of the act that forced colonists to house and supply British soldiers?
What was the Quartering Act?
When was the Declaration of Independence published?
What is July 4, 1776?
What event prompted the calling of the First Continental Congress in 1774?
What were the Intolerable (Coercive) Acts?
What did Paul Revere label the killing of five colonists in 1770 in Boston as?
What is the Boston Massacre?
Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence (1776)?
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
What British act passed by Parliament in 1767 placed a tax on paint, lead, glass, and tea?
What were the Townshend Acts?
Thomas Jefferson, in the Declaration of Independence, includes a list of complaints or _________ about British rule in the colonies.
What are "grievances"?
How did Paul Revere's engraving of the Boston Massacre (1770) impact the colonists?
What is by spreading anti-British feelings and uniting the colonies against a common foe?
What was the "Shot heard 'round the world?
What was the Battle of Lexington and Concord (1775)?
George Washington was chosen to lead the Continental Army because he __________?
What is Washington had military experience (the French and Indian War), as well as a sense of duty and a desire to help the common good?
What act passed by Parliament in 1765 placed a tax on all paper goods (to include official documents, newspapers, and even playing cards)
What was the Stamp Act?
Who helped Thomas Jefferson edit the Declaration of Independence (1776)?
Who were John Adams and Benjamin Franklin?
Did the First Great Awakening and its call for equality occur during the Colonial Era or the Revolutionary Era?
What is the Colonial Era?